DevOps / Software Engineer

JR United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in London is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer to join their team amid a major tech transformation. This role focuses on building a cloud infrastructure, emphasizing automation, reliability, and simplicity. Ideal candidates will have strong programming skills, particularly in Python and Rust, and experience with AWS and cloud architecture. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in a small, focused team.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical background in maths, physics, or computer science.
• Solid programming skills in Python, Rust, or C++.
• Experience with cloud development and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to core platform development on the new cloud stack.
• Modernise the entirety of their infrastructure.
• Take ownership of projects from inception to execution.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Programming

Cloud Development

AWS Expertise

Cloud Security

Networking

Open Source Contributions

Education

Mathematics

Physics

Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

Python

Rust

C++

Job description

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AWS Cloud Engineering / Software Engineer - Major Tech Transformation

• London
• 2 days On Site

My client is undergoing a major multi-year transformation to modernize their full technology stack - covering pricing, risk, market data, and trade capture. As part of this effort, they’re now entering a new phase: building out a cloud infrastructure to support the entire company.

They’re looking for a Cloud Platform Engineer to join a small, focused team making a big impact. The culture values simplicity, automation, testing, and reliability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to core platform development on the new cloud stack
• Modernise the entirety of their infrastructure
• Working agnostically across a variety of tools
• Opportunity to work heavily on automation
• Take ownership of projects and run with ideas from inception to execution
• IaC: Terraform
• Languages: Python, Rust

Ideal Candidate Will Have:

• A strong analytical background (maths, physics, computer science, etc.)
• Solid programming skills in Python, Rust, C++, or similar
• Experience with cloud development and architecture
• AWS expertise
• Cloud security or networking experience
• Cloud migration projects
• Open source contributions

This opening has two headcount, one of which is focused on cloud engineering and the other on core infrastructure and software development. Both will require software engineering skills.